On May 9, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote: > Jeeze, I don't have a TIG welder! You need to embrace your fear of > the > unknown and go for the Subaru 2.5 in your Syncro. At least it looks > like a > WBX, sort of, and won't vibrate as much as an in-line 4. You boys need to come to eastern Oregon and drive an ABA conversion. Vibration? Set a glass of water on the table in the back with the engine running? No ripples. A Tiico it ain't. Who knows, maybe I'll drive it to the wet side just to share. My new ABA conversion make me smile whenever I drive it. (1,000 miles in the past week. Makes me smile.) > <snip> > > Alistair wrote: > > "Funny thing is, as good as the subie 2.5 is in a van (and I have > driven > one), I'm not very excited about doing it. I don't know why, but I > lean more > towards a 2.0 aba type inline 4 ." Good choice. As GM used to advertise: "Keep your GM car all GM." Keep your Volkswagen all Volkswagen. Jim |
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